Jason Gay: The Saints Are Back in Black and Gold

You now have another excuse to visit New Orleans—like you needed one

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Jason Gay

Sept. 29, 2013 8:52 p.m. ET

NEW ORLEANS—My wife said we were invited to a wedding this weekend in New Orleans. I did not need to be asked twice. I would go to New Orleans to change a light bulb. So would you. Come on. It's New Orleans.

But if anyone needs another reason: The Saints are back to being the Saints.

The last time I was here was February, for Super Bowl XLVII, and it was a fun/bizarre one—Baltimore versus San Francisco versus Beyoncé, with a...